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The Functionality of Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services from a System Perspective: A Subnational Level Analysis in India
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Nikam, Vinayak; Ashok, Arathy; Kale, Rajiv B. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2023
Purpose: This paper deals with the system level empirical analysis of Extension and Advisory Service (EAS) characteristics in India which help in identifying the functional nature of a pluralistic extension system. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study uses the 'Best Fit' framework for analysis of EAS of 36 organisations and applies criteria of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Education, Extension Agents, Rural Extension
Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS): A Study of Stakeholders and Their Relations in System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
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Suchiradipta, Bhattacharjee; Raj, Saravanan – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: This paper identifies the stakeholders of System of Rice Intensification (SRI), their roles and actions and the supporting and enabling environment of innovation in the state as the elements of the Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) in SRI in Tripura state of India and studies the relationship matrix among the stakeholders.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Innovation, Agricultural Education
Extension in Planned Social Change, the Indian Experience.
Rudramoorthy, B. – 1964
Extension, the process of extending the knowledge of recent advances in science and technology to the people who need it, has been emphasized in India since the introduction of the Community Development Programme in 1952. Community development involves two distinct processes--extension education and community organization--and has had four…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Community Development, Developing Nations
Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge Systems into Agricultural and Extension Education Programs: A Study of the Perceptions of Extension Professionals.
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Rajasekaran, B.; Martin, Robert A. – 1992
Dissemination of technologies to increase agricultural production using the conventional transfer of technology system has often failed to consider the natural environment, indigenous knowledge systems, and resource endowments around which resource-poor farmers normally operate. A sample of 96 agricultural extension professionals in 2 districts in…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Personnel, Cultural Background, Developing Nations
Communication Behavior of Village Level Workers in Surat and Mehsana Districts, Gujarat State, India.
Patel, Ishwarlal Chaturdas – 1967
This study investigated communication patterns, procedures, and background characteristics associated with effectiveness in village level workers (VLWs) in two districts of Gujarat, India. Questionnaire interviews were held with 222 VLWs who had induced farmers to adopt one or more farm practices. An appraisal form was used to measure the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agricultural Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Developing Nations
Selected Case Studies in Comparative Extension Programs.
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Duncan, James A., Ed.; Flores, Thomas C., Ed. – 1967
Case studies presented by graduate students from the United States and seven other nations dealt with topics in extension education. A system analysis approach to the problems in organizing extension services in developing nations was described, as well as physical and sociocultural problems (including illiteracy) which hinder audiovisual…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agency Cooperation, Audiovisual Aids, Case Studies